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Dirty Dancing

1987 · 100 min · Director: Emile Ardolino ★ IMDb 7.1 · 285,605 ratings

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In 1963, Frances "Baby" Houseman, a sweet daddy's girl, goes with her family to a resort in upstate New York's Catskill Mountains. Baby has grown up in privileged surroundings and all expect her to go on to college, join the Peace Corps and save the world before marrying a doctor, just like her father. Unexpectedly, Baby becomes infatuated with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle, a man whose background is vastly different from her own. Baby lies to her father to get money to pay for an illegal abortion for Johnny's dance partner. She then fills in as Johnny's dance partner and it is as he is teaching her the dance routine that they fall in love. It all comes apart when Johnny's friend falls seriously ill after her abortion and Baby gets her father, who saves the girl's life. He then learns what Baby has been up to, who with and worse, that he funded the illegal abortion. He bans his daughter from any further association with "those people". In the first deliberately willful action of her life, Baby later sneaks out to see Johnny, ostensibly to apologize for her father's rudeness, and ends up consummating her relationship with Johnny. A jealous fellow vacationer sees Baby sneaking out of Johnny's bungalow the next morning, and in an act of retribution, tells management that he is responsible for a theft the evening before, knowing he would not furnish his real whereabouts.

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Dirty Dancing (1987) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Love 35%, Excitement 25%, Humor 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

35%Love
15%Humor
  1. Love35%
  2. Humor15%
  3. Relief10%

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The strongest emotional signals are Love, Excitement, Humor. Genres: Drama, Romance, Music. AI estimate.

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  • Joy
  • Empathy
  • Love

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Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Sadness

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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 53 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

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%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityJoyEmpathyLove
2.5 %≈ 3′Joy31 %25 %12 %12 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Joy32 %26 %11 %8 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Joy35 %28 %10 %10 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Joy37 %30 %14 %16 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Joy41 %23 %27 %16 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Empathy48 %14 %39 %15 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Tension42 %14 %32 %13 %
37.5 %≈ 38′Joy35 %21 %20 %14 %
42.5 %≈ 43′Joy42 %26 %20 %17 %
47.5 %≈ 48′Tension57 %21 %37 %16 %
52.5 %≈ 53′Empathy70 %13 %58 %25 %
57.5 %≈ 58′Empathy64 %15 %56 %38 %
62.5 %≈ 63′Love49 %17 %40 %37 %
67.5 %≈ 68′Love47 %12 %35 %30 %
72.5 %≈ 73′Tension55 %7 %37 %26 %
77.5 %≈ 78′Tension67 %5 %50 %34 %
82.5 %≈ 83′Sadness68 %11 %57 %44 %
87.5 %≈ 88′Love60 %29 %51 %40 %
92.5 %≈ 93′Joy63 %49 %41 %40 %
97.5 %≈ 98′Joy68 %60 %26 %48 %
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Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Patrick Swayze

Johnny Castle

CR
Cynthia Rhodes

Penny Johnson

Jack Weston

Max Kellerman

JB
Jane Brucker

Lisa Houseman

KB
Kelly Bishop

Marjorie Houseman

LP
Lonny Price

Neil Kellerman

MC
Max Cantor

Robbie Gould

C"
Charles "Honi" Coles

Tito Suarez

NJ
Neal Jones

Billy Kostecki

"B
"Cousin Brucie" Morrow

Magician

PT
Paula Trueman

Mrs. Schumacher

AM
Alvin Myerovich

Mr. Schumacher

MG
Miranda Garrison

Vivian Pressman

GG
Garry Goodrow

Moe Pressman

AP
Antone Pagán

Staff Kid

TC
Thomas Cannold

Bus Boy

LM
Lincoln Michael Llano

Dirty Dancer

Details

Directed by
Emile Ardolino
Written by
Eleanor Bergstein
Type
Movies
Released
1987
Runtime
100 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.1 · 285,605 ratings
Feels mostly
Love
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